r- ■ ■ ■ -■.:.■■■.,■.-.• ■ , 



rf 



^^ 



R. H. COMrTON: GYMKOSPKUMS. '131 



Agathis ovata Warburg. Hills by RIv. No-oyc; serpentine; 500 ft* 

 Slopes bordering Phiine des Lacs; serpentine ; 1000 ft. Hills near Kuakue; 

 serpentine ; 1000 ft., etc. 9G8. 



The origin of the specific name is in Gordon's ' Pinetum/ Sup})lenientj 

 p* 2Sj 18G2j whove Dammara ovata 0. Moore is described simply as '' n l^ind 

 with small roundish leaves, found in New Caledonia/' 



The so-called type-specimen in tlic Lindley Hcibariun^. at Cambridge is 

 certainly not the one referred to by Moore, but is A. lance.olata PancLer, 



Pancher takes up the name ovata for a tree Avhich is identical with my 

 968 ; this is clear from his description, and from a specimen in Herb. Mus. 

 ]]rit. labelled Dammara ovata Lindl.^ apparently in Pancher^s h'nndwriting. 

 I agree with Pancber in thinking that this must have been tho species on 

 which Moore founded the specific name ovata^ despite the Lindley specimen. 

 This name has also been adopted by Schlechter for liis Nos. 15130 and 15i;U 

 from the Ngoyc hills j 150 m. alt. 



A. LAXCEOLATA Pancher. Plaine des Lacs; forest in gullies; serpentine; 

 800 ft. Mt. Kogbi ; valley forest ; serpentine ; 1000 It. P. -Ngoye ; forest 

 by riverside ; serpentine ; 300 ft., etc* 335. This species is represented in 

 English herbaria by a considerable number of specimens under a variety of 

 names. It appears to be the Dammara ovata C. Moore of Gordon s 

 'Pinetum/ od. in, p* 112, 1880, and the specimen in the Herb. Lindley ut 

 Cambridge, sub nom, D. ovata, according to my view, is this species. 



A. ]\IoouEl Warburg, Mt. Panic ; forest ; gneiss ; 1500 ft. Mont 

 Canala ; forest ; schists ; 1500 ft. There is apparently no confusion in the 

 nomenclature of this species, whose narrow lanceolate leaves sufficiently 

 distinguish it from other species. I saw isolated trees on Mont Canala, but 



it was more plentifully developed on Mont Panic forming small groves in 

 the forest. It is apparently absent from serpentine soils and is confinod fo 

 the northern half of New (yaledonia. 



Callitris sulcata Schlechter [=FreneIa sulcata Park; Frenela Balansce 

 Brongn. & Gris]. Valley of U- Comboui ; locally dominant, forming 

 extensive light woods ; serpentine ; 50-1000 ft. 2013. A fine symme- 

 trical tree of about 40 ft., usually with an erect smooth trunk and a conical 

 form. Tho wood is camphor-scented, and is very hard iind durable. The 

 great abundance of this tree in the Comboui Valley (it is locally known as 

 the ''sapin de Comboui") is most striking, as it ai)pears to be completely 

 absent from the next river-valley, that of the U. Ngoyo, with which it is 

 contiguous near the mouth. It has, however, been recorded from the banks 



D 



of the R. Dumbca, near Koc, by Balansa. 



